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Dams in Mississippi lack crisis plans amid flood fears
Yazoo County official scrambled door to door to warn residents as a private lake dam swelled and eroded. An AP review shows hundreds of high hazard dams in the Southeast lacking emergency action plans, with Mississippi's backlog delaying hazard ratings and required filings.
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Mississippi
Yazoo County
Jack Willingham
Grant
Willingham
Jackson
Associated Press
North Carolina
Georgia
South Carolina
Mark Ogden
Ohio
Association of State Dam Safety Officials
Oktibbeha County Lake
Starkville
State Regulatory Agency
Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
Geographic Information System
William McKercher
Puerto Rico
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Alabama
Florida
Indiana
Iowa
Kentucky
Vermont
Wyoming
Ogden
Dam Safety Association
Tom Woosley